An Annual report is a comprehensive report on an organisation’s activities throughout the preceding year. Annual reports are intended to give stakeholders and other interested people information about the organisation’s activities including financial performance. Most jurisdictions require organisations to prepare and disclose annual reports.

Typically annual reports will include:

Chairman's report

Auditor's report on organisation’s governance

Mission statement

Organisation’s statement of compliance

Invitation to the organisation’s GC as well as financial statements including:

Organisation’s activities / performance

Auditor's report on the financial statements

Balance sheet

Statement of retained earnings

Income statement

Cash flow statement

Notes to the financial statements

Accounting policies

Other information deemed relevant to stakeholders may be included, such as social responsibilityreports or organisations with environmentally - or socially - sensitive operations.

The details provided in the report are of use to stakeholders to understand the Organisations performance and future direction.